India, Sept. 14 -- Ravi was eleven when he arrived at the shelter, thin, watchful, carrying a plastic bag with everything he owned. Three days later he broke a window while playing cricket in the cour... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- Periodically, people, groups and even constitutional authorities opposed to affirmative action for the welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) come out in the o... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- This writer must admit to a vested interest in this story, as the Election Commission office in New Delhi erased his wife from the national capital territory's electoral rolls, and ... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- Although the goal of the RSS-BJP is to declare India a Hindu Rashtra, achieving this is not an easy task, as it would require radical and substantial changes to the Constitution. Wh... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- Generally speaking, a girl in the patriarchal system in India is seen as Paraya Dhan (somebody else's property), since she would eventually get married and be given over to her futu... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- When the Constitution of India was drafted, its treatment of women was remarkably progressive for its time. It guaranteed equality before the law, prohibited discrimination on the g... Read More
India, Sept. 14 -- The recent controversies about "men" in power making degrading comments about women make a point: patriarchy is surprisingly ecumenical. A Hindutva ideologue can reduce women to sex... Read More
India, Sept. 7 -- They write of democracy from rooms where democracy has never had to enter the kitchen, where equality is discussed beneath lights that never reveal the darkness outside. They write ... Read More
India, Sept. 7 -- The way Christians in India are subjected to torture and persecution is atrocious. Their only fault is practising their religious beliefs and abiding by the country's Constitution. ... Read More
India, Sept. 7 -- I am Malala. I was born on July 12, 1997, as Malala Yousafzai in the Swat District of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. My family was lower-middle class. It was ce... Read More